I can’t find ANY job because an entry-level biology job requires extra certifications.
I almost wished I had gone to trade school for a CMA or a CLT instead of going straight to college.
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So he went to Medical School afterwards, correct? Also, anecdotal.
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A “philosophy degree” at 22 never made sense to me.
In order to be a philosopher, you need some scars.
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Virtually all liberal arts degrees are essentially useless outside of the walls of academia.
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Even inside the walls, what does a 22 year-old know about philosophy?
At a minimum, the undergrad degree holder knows the history of philosophers, who influenced whom, which philosophers formulated certain principles and ideologies, etc.
Couldn’t guarantee to you that every philosophy graduate would actually know all of that though.
And outside the walls, that deposit of knowledge has very little practical application – even if he were the most proficient fount of knowledge on the subject. Maybe (MAYBE) the graduate would be qualified to teach the subject, though I would expect that a teaching position would need a grad school degree on top of that, as well as a teaching certificate.
A philosophy degree doesn’t make a person a philosophER. Even a PHD in philosophy doesn’t make someone a philosopher. Sure, it makes him a philosoPHILE. For a lot of subjects, deeper education is (or should be) for the love of the subject matter.
And love for the subject matter should also be paid for by the one who loves it.
Nothing.
One of whose classes?
A BS in Biology unfortunately isn’t much better than most liberal arts degrees, it was the same situation when I graduated in the mid 90’s. You can teach in a middle or high school if you get a teaching certification as well.
Here’s the litmus test for me. Ask the following question: What business, company, or employer needs to hire a _________________? Then interject such things as Philosopher, Sociologist, Historian, Gender Studies Specialist, etc. Over 50% of college graduates end up going into jobs that have little to nothing to do with their major.
Not only has this push to get everyone into college costing people money but it is also taking away years that they could be earing money.
How does philosophy contribute to medicine?
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Then this post
Makes no sense.
In 1973, Popper was 71 years old and retired, so obviously he wasn’t a 22 year-old philosopher.
You feel “sitting in on a lecture” made you or your brother philosophers?
Why are they always German/Austrian and Jewish?
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Everyone on the internet has an anecdotal brother … or neighbor … or friend … 
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It’s working. They’re getting it.
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From the link I posted:
More than half of Americans who earned college diplomas find themselves working in jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree or utilize the skills acquired in obtaining one. What’s worse, they can get stuck there for the entirety of their careers.
If a graduate’s first job is in a low-paying field or out-of-line with a worker’s interests, it could pigeonhole them into an undesirable role or industry that’s hard to escape, according to a new study from The Burning Glass Institute and the Strada Institute for the Future of Work. The findings come as more Americans question the eroding value of a college degree, and as more employers are dropping higher education degree requirements altogether.
Most of what passes for “higher education” is largely a waste of time and money.
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Either way.
And how many years did he spend in school after getting his degree in philosophy?
No regrets does not mean he didn’t waste four years (and a lot of money) on his road to becoming a physician.
What’s upsetting to me is they are substituting a higher/longer experience requirement for higher education requirement.
I understand employers want a well-seasoned team, but it’s upsetting to someone just getting into the job market, to tell them they need more experience.
Entry-level is a misnomer.
Need experience to get a job → Need a job to get experience.
Maybe those were his party hearty days. 
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Two completely different disciplines.
Get creative, for example we hire a lot of high school graduates with no degree into customer service roles, those we do hire have connected on their resumes part time work at a pizza shop to customer service and work it into their interviews.
I hired a woman who had been out of the workforce for 20 years while she stayed at home and raised a family, she did a fantastic job at giving examples of how her skills as a mum related into the skills of the job.
Many times I have hired someone who in paper was not the best candidate but my gosh their enthusiasm and interview was something else.
One of my conscious biases are CVs that have spelling errors. If someone cannot be bothered to spell check or get their CV proof read I cant be bothered to interview you.